I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Join me as I search for items for my house that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Carriage Lantern

Art Donovan is at it again.

I get the impression Art indulges his love of steampunk after he finishes his more mainstream work he says of this one: "I did it one night last month right after the "Pod"" This one has a colonial feel to it -- I'm thinking Salem witch trials or The Legend of Sleep Hollow -- does that make it too early to be a steampunk proper piece?